Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Books library”
end tell
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Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Open my books
Opens the Books tab of the Books app so you can see all your non-PDF items only.
Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
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New board with name
Asks you to enter a title, then creates board in Freeform with that name.
Batch-create Home Screen shortcuts
Asks you to pick a folder from Shortcuts and opens it, then asks you to enter a list of names for Home Screen shortcuts and creates them in that folder.
Customize Siri responses
Opens the deep link into Settings > Siri and Search > Siri Responses where you can toggle where to Prefer Silent Responses, PRefer Spoken Responses, or set it to Automatic. Options also include a toggle to Always Show Siri Captions and Always Show Speech – I have these all turned on.
Show Bookmarks in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 2 to open to the Bookmarks page, where you can see sessions you’ve saved for later.
Convert rich text to Markdown
Takes text shared as input or copied to the clipboard and converts it to Markdown formatting.
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